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Joe Bastianich
Joe Bastianich (Joseph Bastianich), born 1968 in Queens, New York, is an American restaurateur and winemaker who co-founded restaurants with Mario Batali and judged MasterChef.
Joe Coulombe
Joe Coulombe (Joseph Hardin Coulombe, 1930–2020), American retailer who founded Trader Joe's in Pasadena in 1967 after running Pronto Markets; sold the chain to Aldi's Theo Albrecht in 1979 and pioneered its all-private-label model.
Joël Robuchon
Joël Robuchon (1945–2018), French chef and restaurateur, held the world record of about 31–32 Michelin stars, was Gault & Millau's Chef of the Century, created L'Atelier counter dining, and was famous for his pommes purée.
Joey Chestnut
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut is an American competitive eater who has won the Nathan's Famous hot dog contest 18 times and holds the record of 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
John C. Miller
John C. Miller (John Chester Miller, 1907–1991) was an American historian of the American Revolution; Harvard-trained under Samuel Eliot Morison, taught at Bryn Mawr and Stanford, held the Edgar E. Robinson professorship, and wrote Sam Adams, Origins of the American Revolution, and The Wolf by the Ears.
John Cadbury
John Cadbury (1801–1889) was an English Quaker grocer and tea dealer who founded the cocoa business that became Cadbury, opening his first Birmingham shop in 1824.
John Casablancas
John Casablancas (1942–2013) was an American modeling agent who founded Elite Model Management in Paris. He is primarily credited with creating the influential "supermodel" concept.
John Catsimatidis
John Catsimatidis (born 1948, Nisyros, Greece) is a Greek American billionaire who owns Gristedes supermarkets, United Refining, and Red Apple Media's 77 WABC; 2013 NYC mayoral candidate and Cats Roundtable radio host.
John Diamond (journalist)
John Diamond (1953–2001), British Times columnist and broadcaster, husband of Nigella Lawson, known for his weekly Times cancer column, What the Papers Say 1997 award, and the book C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too.
John Galliano
John Galliano, born John Charles Galliano in Gibraltar in 1960, is a British fashion designer who headed Christian Dior from 1996 to 2011 and Maison Margiela from 2014 to 2024.
John Henry Dearle
John Henry Dearle (1859–1932), also J.H. Dearle, was a British Arts and Crafts designer at Morris & Co., chief designer from 1890 and Art Director after Morris's 1896 death, creator of Golden Lily, Compton, and Blackthorn, long misattributed to William Morris.
John Lefelhocz
John Lefelhocz (born 1967) is an American conceptual artist based in Athens, Ohio, known for quilts made from non-textile materials such as bicycle chain links and pennies.
John Lewis & Partners
John Lewis & Partners: British department store chain founded 1864 on Oxford Street, employee-owned via the John Lewis Partnership since the 1929 and 1950 Trust Settlements; sibling of Waitrose; governed by Partnership Board, Chairman and Partnership Council.
John Lewis Partnership
John Lewis Partnership: British employee-owned retail group running John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets (founded 1864; trust settlement 1950); FY2023 sales £12.25bn, loss before tax £234m.
John Mackey (businessman)
John Mackey (born 1954) is the American co-founder and longtime CEO of Whole Foods Market, which he started via SaferWay in Austin in 1978, led through its 2017 $13.7 billion Amazon sale, and left in 2022; author of Conscious Capitalism.
John Paul DeJoria
John Paul DeJoria (born 1944, Los Angeles) is an American self-made billionaire who co-founded John Paul Mitchell Systems hair care in 1980 with $700 and Patrón Tequila in 1989, sold to Bacardi for $5.1 billion in 2018, and signs his motto 'success unshared is failure' to his philanthropy.
John Schnatter
John Schnatter, known as Papa John, is the American founder of Papa John's pizza, which he started in 1984 from a broom closet at his father's tavern in Jeffersonville, Indiana; he led it to IPO and global scale before resigning as chairman in 2018.
John Stith Pemberton
John Stith Pemberton (1831-1888), Georgia pharmacist and Confederate lieutenant colonel, created the original Coca-Cola formula, first sold May 8, 1886 at Jacobs Pharmacy, Atlanta; he sold his rights for $1,750 before dying that year.
John Torode
John Torode, Australian-born London chef and restaurateur, co-judged BBC MasterChef with Gregg Wallace 2005-2025 after Conran-group kitchens and Smiths of Smithfield; sacked by the BBC in July 2025 over an upheld racist-language allegation.
John Varvatos
John Varvatos, American menswear designer (born 1954/1955, Detroit), ex-Calvin Klein and Polo Ralph Lauren, founder of the rock-inspired John Varvatos label, three-time CFDA winner, Under Armour design chief 2023-2025.
John Whaite
John Whaite (born 1989) is a British baker, author and TV presenter, winner of The Great British Bake Off series 3 in 2012 and Strictly 2021 runner-up in its first all-male pairing; author of five cookbooks, memoir Dancing on Eggshells, and Ruff Puff Brownies founder.
John Y. Brown Jr.
John Y. Brown Jr. (1933–2022), Kentucky businessman and 55th governor, bought Kentucky Fried Chicken from Colonel Sanders in 1964 for $2 million with Jack Massey, grew it to 3,500 franchises, sold it for $285 million, and governed 1979–1983.
Johnny Rockets
Johnny Rockets is an American retro-themed fast-casual hamburger chain founded June 6, 1986 on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, by Ronn Teitelbaum; known for 1950s diner decor, jukeboxes, hand-spun shakes, and over 325 locations in 25+ countries.
Johnnycake
Johnnycake (journey cake, hoecake) is a cornmeal flatbread of Indigenous North American origin, griddle-fried from cornmeal, water or milk, and salt; Rhode Island's white flint corn version and Caribbean wheat-flour johnny cakes are distinct traditions under one disputed name.
Joint (cannabis)
Joint (cannabis): a hand-rolled cannabis cigarette in rolling paper, distinct from spliffs (with tobacco) and blunts (cigar wrapper); the most common way cannabis is smoked, with tobacco co-use in Europe and documented respiratory risks.
Jollibee
Jollibee is a Filipino fast-food chain owned by Jollibee Foods Corporation (PSE: JFC), famous for Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti, and the Yumburger. Founded 1975 as an ice cream shop, it leads Philippine fast food over McDonald's and runs 1,300-plus home stores with global expansion.
Jolly Rancher
Jolly Rancher: American hard candy brand founded 1949 in Golden, Colorado, by Bill and Dorothy Harmsen as an ice cream shop; owned by The Hershey Company since its 1996 Leaf acquisition; known for intense fruit flavors.
Jolt Cola
Jolt Cola, "All the sugar and twice the caffeine," is a high-caffeine cola launched in 1985 in Rochester, New York by C.J. Rapp, an energy-drink pioneer that declined after costly battery-shaped cans and bankruptcy, later revived as a REDCON1 zero-sugar energy drink.
Joma
Joma, also known as Joma Sport, is a Spanish sportswear company founded in 1965 in Portillo de Toledo by Fructuoso López, selling in more than 120 countries.
Jōmon pottery
Jōmon pottery (縄文土器, Jōmon doki) is the earthenware of Japan's Jōmon period, marked by patterns pressed in with a twisted cord and among the world's oldest pottery.